后见之明

後見之明

hòujiànzhīmíng

idiom

Meanings

1 hindsight
2 wisdom after the fact

Characters

(literary possessive)

clarity; insight

Examples

事后批评别人很容易，那只是后见之明。

Shìhòu pīpíng biérén hěn róngyì, nà zhǐshì hòujiàn zhī míng.

It's easy to criticize others after the fact — that's just hindsight.

投资分析中要避免后见之明的偏差。

Tóuzī fēnxī zhōng yào bìmiǎn hòujiàn zhī míng de piānchā.

In investment analysis you must avoid hindsight bias.

Tips

usage

Mirror of 先见之明 (xiānjiànzhīmíng, foresight). 先 = before, 后 = after — same structure, opposite timing.

Stroke Order

后 hòu

见 jiàn

之 zhī

明 míng